by Plastics.com Staff | Nov 27, 2018 | Consumer, Daily News, Part Design
Design — This bike helmet folds down to the size of a laptop to fit in your backpack or purse. Do you ever ride your bike to work or lunch and wonder what you’re going to do with your bulky helmet the rest of the day? The Morpher flat folding helmet allows you to ride...
by Plastics.com Staff | Nov 27, 2018 | Daily News, Part Design
NY, NY — From lavish Florentine villas to hip Manhattan nurseries, acrylic is having a renaissance. A plastic derivative often referred to by its commercial names, Lucite and Plexiglass, the material is increasingly embraced by exacting tastemakers and their peers in...
by Plastics.com Staff | Sep 10, 2018 | Consumer, Daily News, Environmental, Europe, Global, Injection Molding, Part Design
Billund, Denmark — At the heart of this town lies a building that is a veritable temple to the area’s most famous creation, the humble Lego brick. It is filled with complex creations, from a 50-foot tree to a collection of multicoloured dinosaurs, all of them built...
by Plastics.com Staff | Aug 16, 2018 | Business, Commodity Polymers, Consumer, Daily News, North America, Part Design, Profile
When “American Horror Story,” the Museum of Modern Art and “Napoleon Dynamite” pay homage to an invention, you know it’s made a cultural impact in a big way. Tupperware has a staying power that most plastic products don’t. So far, it has evaded the anti-plastics...
by Plastics.com Staff | Aug 7, 2018 | Consumer, Daily News, Environmental, Global, Part Design, Recycling
As technology finds innovative ways to recycle, waste products are being used in an unlikely range of goods in high street stores. First it was “bags for life”, chunky doormats and, more recently, clothing such as fleeces, swimwear and pack-away macs. Now towels made...
by Plastics.com Staff | Aug 6, 2018 | Business, Daily News, Europe, Global, Part Design
UK — Plastics have been a mainstay of product design for so long that the idea of living without them – or even reducing their use – is almost unthinkable. The advantages of plastic are clear: almost infinite adaptability in terms of shape; light weight; durability;...
